Dad Says He Uses The Women's Bathroom When He's With His Young Daughters In Viral Post

Nowadays, as society evolves, many establishments have added changing tables to the men's bathroom, so fathers can change their daughters in a comfortable space.

One father recently opened up about his decision to take his daughters into the women's bathroom even though he, himself, does not identify as female.

"As a dad being out with daughters I never thought the bathroom would become as big as a[n] issue as it is. Usually, we would go places and they have FAMILY bathroom[s] which are meant for people with children but what I found was most places don't have them and dads are left to decide between taking their daughters to the men's bathroom or the women's," the father wrote.

"Now when first hit with this choice I did what most men would do which is, I went to the men's bathroom. Now I've been to a men's bathroom millions of times but walking in with your daughter makes you look at it completely different," he wrote.

"Men's bathrooms are DISGUSTING. They smell like pee and nothing is set up for a woman or a person with a child. The changing table was right next to the urinal which means my child literally would be next to where men pee [while] she's being [changed]," he added.

"Not to mention that their are men going in and out while you're in their [sic]. After doing that 1 time I decided I'd never take my daughter[s] to the men's bathroom again," he said.

"I use the women's bathroom when I'm out with them. They are too young to go on their own so I have to go in with them. I try to be as respectful to women as I can while doing so which consists of knocking on the door before entering and announcing myself. Making sure if someone is inside that they know I am a Dad coming in with his daughter and making sure they are comfortable with that," he wrote.

"Women's bathrooms are so much cleaner and set-up [perfectly] just in case they have children. The changing station is usually [inside] a stall instead of just in the open and it's always clean. As a girl dad I can't help but want to protect my daughter's [sic] from all things that aren't for them and the men's bathroom is 100% one of those things," he concluded.

"That makes me feel so much pride in you and so much gratitude on behalf of your daughters. I would feel more than comfortable with a man in the bathroom if he behaved the exact way you said you do when entering and occupying a female space," one person commented on Instagram.

"I had a father announce himself while I was using the restroom once. I thought it was great. I was happy to see a father taking his daughter to use the women’s restroom. I appreciated him announcing so I wasn’t surprised coming out, but I was not bothered by it at all. It made me proud and I knew that was a lucky little girl to have a dad that felt comfortable enough to do that and care to do that for her," another user said.

"Thank you for sharing. As a mother with daughters, I would prefer if establishments would be diligent about having family washrooms," someone else wrote.

"Globally we still think dads are not active parents. If we did not, we would make it a universal practice to ensure all spaces (that cater to families) have family restrooms," another person said.

In 2018, Donte M. Palmer, a dad with three boys, shared this image of himself changing his son's diaper by using his legs as a changing table.

His viral post highlighted the need for more changing tables in men's washrooms.

After sparking a discussion on social media about the lack of changing tables in men's washrooms, Pampers committed to installing 5,000 changing stations for dads in the U.S. and Canada by 2021.

Until there are more family washrooms or adequate changing spaces in men's washrooms, many users said they are fine with dads coming into the women's washroom with their daughters.

What do you think, ladies? Would you be okay with a dad coming into the women's room with his daughters? Or, do men's bathrooms need to step up their changing stations?